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> [“The Adversary, of course, simply wants them to lay down their sins, guilt and all, and follow Him. But this type holds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/the-adversary-of-course-simply-wants-them-to-lay-down-their-sins/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

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> [“Indeed if they ever once saw the endless supply of eternal opportunities The Adversary offers them every temporal moment of day after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/indeed-if-they-ever-once-saw-the-endless-supply-of-eternal/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

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> [“But as I say, if you look to the state of their souls you’ll find the situation nowhere near as grave as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/but-as-i-say-if-you-look-to-the-state-of-their-souls-you-ll-find-the/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

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## Other authors on Adversary

- [Stefan Emunds 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversary/stefan-emunds/)

## More by Geoffrey Wood

> [“Make good and sure your clients all call themselves Americans —proudly so, defiantly, loudly— but without any more thought about it than wearing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/make-good-and-sure-your-clients-all-call-themselves-americans-proudly/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“The Bible is the one book we’ve most succeeded in having them never read as a book. Keep it that way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/the-bible-is-the-one-book-we-ve-most-succeeded-in-having-them-never/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“It was like magic, but so much of magic is about misdirection, whereas so much of redemption is straightforward and ordinary, piercing true and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/it-was-like-magic-but-so-much-of-magic-is-about-misdirection-whereas/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“Though I despise it, I do not doubt His Love for the creatures. I have seen it —His ever-reaching outward for any hand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/though-i-despise-it-i-do-not-doubt-his-love-for-the-creatures-i-have/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“Everyone needs to calm down! Okay, you got a weird cookie. So what? I don’t mean to swat your ego here, buddy, but this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/everyone-needs-to-calm-down-okay-you-got-a-weird-cookie-so-what-i-don/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“For example, your man might think: I don’t steal. Maybe on my taxes, everyone does that, but not in the way I heard so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/for-example-your-man-might-think-i-don-t-steal-maybe-on-my-taxes/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“The eye is to light as the soul is to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/the-eye-is-to-light-as-the-soul-is-to-god/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“Guilt, if cultivated in a Christian client, can render their Christianity worthless to themselves and others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/guilt-if-cultivated-in-a-christian-client-can-render-their/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“You see my point? The average person has a very average notion of goodness to which they aspire averagely. To aspire to goodness in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/you-see-my-point-the-average-person-has-a-very-average-notion-of/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“Teach them the shame that tells the lie, “I am unforgivable,” when the truth is, “I feel unforgivable, but it was out of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/teach-them-the-shame-that-tells-the-lie-i-am-unforgivable-when-the/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“Grace runs downhill and now all his time is being redeemed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/grace-runs-downhill-and-now-all-his-time-is-being-redeemed/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“The Americans want a surplus stocked up to supply their every whim. And their appeals are much less requests, more demands. Indeed, the phrase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/the-americans-want-a-surplus-stocked-up-to-supply-their-every-whim/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“We have deficited upon their attention in the most disorderly fashion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/we-have-deficited-upon-their-attention-in-the-most-disorderly-fashion/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“I shouldn’t need to remind you that it was words that created the universe and The Word that now holds it together. While your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/i-shouldn-t-need-to-remind-you-that-it-was-words-that-created-the/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

> [“That’s where thinking started, where thinking stopped, where all her prayers so long ago had dried up. She no longer prayed, nor even dreamed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wood/that-s-where-thinking-started-where-thinking-stopped-where-all-her/)

[Geoffrey Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-wood/)

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